{"id":7570,"date":"2012-08-30T10:13:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T15:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=7570"},"modified":"2021-08-27T13:49:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:49:36","slug":"faceoff-battle-of-the-midwest-kolsch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/faceoff-battle-of-the-midwest-kolsch\/","title":{"rendered":"FACEOFF: Battle Of The Midwest K\u00f6lsch"},"content":{"rendered":"
As we usher in the unofficial start to a new season, and green-light drinking those fall favorites<\/a>, we thought we would bid farewell to summer with a good ‘ol fashioned showdown between one of our favorite summer beer styles from a few of our favorite Midwest craft brewers.<\/p>\n We rounded up four different K\u00f6lsch’s from four different breweries who’s beers are generally accessible in the Midwest, depending on where you live. While three of the four were brewed true to style, all were unique in their own right – particularly the offering out of Marshall, MI.<\/a><\/p>\n Our four contestants; Metropolitan Krankshaft K\u00f6lsch (Illinois), Schlafly K\u00f6lsch (Missouri), Short’s K\u00f6lsch 45 (Michigan) and Dark Horse Kmita K\u00f6lsch (Michigan). We paired the K\u00f6lsch’s with hot Italian sausage and burgers covered in pepper jack cheese, just for good measure.<\/p>\n Now, before we get into the beers, let’s define a K\u00f6lsch so we have a base for this faceoff. For that, we turn to Beer Advocate<\/a>:<\/p>\n “First only brewed in K\u00f6ln, Germany, now many American brewpubs and a hand full of breweries have created their own version of this obscure style. Light to medium in body with a very pale color, hop bitterness is medium to slightly assertive. A somewhat vinous (grape-y from malts) and dry flavor make up the rest.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And now, the Kolsch-off:<\/p>\n